Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen flying to his side as Roy rallies the team

Posted Monday, June 16, 2014 by Dailystar.co.uk

COLEEN Rooney will jet out to Brazil today to help rescue England’s World Cup glory bid.

Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen flying to his side as Roy rallies the team
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She is flying to Rio de Janeiro in the hope a love-in with striker Wayne will get him scoring again.

The Manchester United ace has not hit the back of the net in nine World Cup matches.

But now Coleen, 28, is taking sons Kai, four, and 13-month-old Klay to give the boys a chance to see their dad perform on football’s biggest stage.

She will not be allowed to stay with Wayne, 28, at the team hotel.

But she will check in to one of Rio’s most exclusive boutique hotels nearby on Ipanema beach.

Coleen said: “I don’t want the boys to grow up and say: ‘How come you never took us to watch my dad play in the World Cup?’’’

The family will be guarded round-the-clock and fly on by private jet to England’s matches against Uruguay in Sao Paulo on Thursday and Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte next week.

Coleen said Klay was “excited even though he’s not that into football”.

She admitted England’s schedule meant they may not get much time with Wayne but “at least he knows we’re there and we’re going to support him”.

England manager Roy Hodgson, 66, said: “At least our fate is in our hands.’’

“We have to lift our heads now and make the players realise that if they can reproduce that performance twice more there is a good chance they will get the result.’’

Bookmakers last night said England were still odds-on to qualify from Group D, and most of the 5,000 fans who travelled to Brazil to watch the match agreed.

They beat a Fifa ban on banners bigger than 6ft by 4ft by hiding them inside their shorts and shirts before unfurling them inside the stadium.

Ross Logue, 25, an online operations manager from Essex, said: “Uruguay have got to come at us and we have got to go at them as well. It’s a must-win game for both teams.

“I’m looking forward to the game and still have faith in the boys.”